In a hearing Wednesday, Leon County Circuit Judge, Terry Lewis, gave the state more time to defend the abortion waiting period law. The state now has sixty days to prove why the law will help women.

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A part of Florida's abortion law gets its day in court Wednesday.

A Tallahassee judge will hear arguments against a waiting period that the State Supreme Court has already ruled against once.

The 2015 law requires women to make at least two visits to health-care providers before being able to have an abortion.

In 2016 a temporary injunction blocked this law from going into effect.

Critics, like the American Civil Liberties Union, argue the waiting period is unconstitutional and is a violation of a woman's right to privacy.

They hope the judge will throw it out. Supporters believe the proposal gives a woman more time to consider the impact of the procedure.

"I think for some reason we are fearsome that if we really lay out the options for them and the support that's available to them that all of the sudden that infringes on our rights," explains, Janet Custer, Executive Director of the Pregnancy Resource Center of Southwest Florida, "To me a well-informed decision just implies real choice."

ABC-7 will keep you updated on the case and if it move forward to the Supreme Court.